(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to invite in; to show someone in
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
the touch of; feel of; texture
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...